a research-based critique of residential life in local authority old people's homes /
Dianne Willcocks, Sheila Peace, and Leonie Kellaher ; with a foreword by M. Powell Lawton.
New York :
Tavistock Publications,
1987.
xii, 212 pages :
illustrations ;
23 cm
Includes indexes.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-201).
A debate on the role of residential care for old people in public sector care, with descriptions of existing physical and social environments and constructive recommendations for their improvement. An alternative care model is proposed: the 'residential flatlet'.
Old age homes-- Great Britain.
Older people-- Institutional care-- Great Britain.